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THE NEBRASKAN
Wednesday, January 13, 19540
EDITORIAL PAGE
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. Demand His Resignation1
Coach Bill Glassford won't be back next
year, if an estimated 50 football players have
their way.
'The 50 of whom 20 or 25 would provide
material for next fall'i Varsity have signed
a petition "demanding" the resignation of the
football coach. The petition stated that the
signees would refuse to engage In further in
tercollegiate football at the University if
Glassford continued as coach.
Although the signers swore secrecy, the
existence of the anti-Glassford petition leaked
out. A sports writer in Tuesday's Lincoln
Star reported the existence of the petition
but stated, "The possibility certainly exists
that the petition will never be used, and even
destroyed."
The Star article quoted several players
(anonymously) who admitted their part in
the signing but who played down the possible
effect of the petition.
Sources which The Nebraskan considers
reliable have informed this paper that the
petition will be used if necessary and that the
petition is only one of several efforts to force
Glassford from his position.
A number of outstanding grid players ap
peared before the closed meeting of the Board
ef Regents and the Board of Intercollegiate
Athletics last Saturday. Reportedly, these
men repeated what the petition stated.
Football players now plan to meet with
Pragmatic Progress
An editorial in a "last week's Nebraskan
(" 'Prayer' For Pragmatism") drew a reaction
from do-gooders on campus. While disclaim
ing any connection with pragmatists, these
students declared that while spiritual motiva
tion is more important than the act or the
result of the act, the right motivation serves
no purpose without the act and its result.
In a way, the persons who expressed this
Idea are correct. A love of God and of one's
neighbor should prompt a person to act'
accordingly.
But to say that this love serves no purpose
without the act is to sympathize with the
pragmatists and indeed to join those who
believe In progress.
If one were to mention the simple word
"progress," most persons would undoubtedly
express their belief in it. But would they if
they thought their belief to its logical con
clusion? First, let us note that there are two kinds
ef progress. The first is related directly to
the world we live in material progress. True
our electrically-served homes and our plush
lined automobiles provide us with more com
fort than people had in the Middle Ages
and indeed more than 50 years ago.
If the fact that we are rapidly developing
Into a race of sissies doesn't east some doubt
upon such progress, the impossibility ' of
spreading that material comfort and wealth
over the entire world should discredit those
who believe that material progress will ulti
mately lead to a perfect world.
Many are the men, however, who proclaim
that science and technology hold the key to
the happiness of the entire world. Many
also are the men who believe that the world
can be perfected through legislation.
Obviously, they have forgotten the words
of Jesus after a woman had poured expen
sive oil on his head. Th? disciples asked
indignantly, "Why this waste? . For this oint
ment might have been sold for a large sum,
and given to the poor?" Jesus answered,
"Why do you trouble the woman? She has
done a beautiful thing to me. For you always
have the poor with you, but you will not
always have me." (Matt. 26:7-11)
Jesus thus recognized that the physical
problems of the world will never be solved.
The second type of progress moral and
spiritual is more easily discounted. There
is as much hate, greed and pride in the world
today as there was yesterday or a hundred
years ago. The world a millenium from now
will still be filled with as many human
shortcomings.
Even if the do-gooders could make a case
for material progress on the basis of fewer
poor today than a thousand years ago a
dubious assumption any person who realizes
the shortness and futility of human life would
instantly define progress only in the moral
and piritual sense.
The students who quarreled with the edi
torial on pragmatism wiil undoubtedly charge
that not to believe in some type of progress
!s to lead to cynicism. But, if anything, the
reverse is true.
Those who expect progress will become
disappointed and discouraged when the best
laid plans of men go amiss. But men who
place their confidence in God will discover
that the disappointments in life fail to jar
their love of God and of their neighbor. K.R.
Coach Glassford, who returned Tuesday from
Ohio, sometime today to acquaint him with
their position.
Some players did not sign the petition be
cause, as The Star writer quoted one as say
ing, they "don't want to get mixed up in it."
But the number of prospects for next fall's
Varsity who did not hesitate to sign tha peti
tion and appear before the Boards Saturday
and who undoubtedly will not let up in their
efforts at today's encounter with the coach
is such a substantial number that their voice.
cannot and will not go unheeded.
The real question, it appears, is this:
"Should a coach's position depend upon
his popularity with the players?"
One's first reaction to the question is an
unqualified "no," The coach, like any other
University instructor is hired to do a job
not to run a popularity contest
". . . to do a job," we answered. This very
phase implies there is more to be said.
If some factor prevents a coach from per
forming the job he was hired for, either the
factor should be eliminated or minimized or
the coach should be released.
The situation, we believe, is no different
from any such problem which might arise
in any other University department. If stu
dents so intensely dislike a professor of
history that a substantial number of them
refuse to enroll in his courses, the University,
it would appear, would have no choice except
relieve the man.
The Star writer attempted to water down
the force of the petition by stating: "Even
freshman football players have signed the
petition, which has the backing of 'graduate
advisers' past N Club members, not neces
sarily football players, and persons not con
nected with football except as proponents of
the 'Fire Glassford Club'."
The Writer has lost the significance of the
move. Some of the top names in Cornhusker
football, men who would normally have at
least another year of Varsity competition
ahead of them, have staked their University
gridiron futures on their efforts to remove
Glassford. These men have not been, and
they will not be, afraid to tell proper authori
ties what they believe.
Coach Glassford supposedly has said that
he will fight the petition. But when he meets
with some of his players today, he will dis
cover that he is faced, not by petition, but by
a score of more of his top men for the 1954
squad.
You can't save a burning bridge by light
ing a fire on the other end.
The Nebraskan has no quarrel with Coach
Glassford's abilities as a coach. He Is un
doubtedly as well qualified as any man the
Cornhuskers will obtain.
But if his relations with the players have
prompted them to demand unqualifiedly his
resignation, there regretably appears no al
ternative for the Board of Regents and the
Board of Intercollegiate Athletics:
Glassford must be released. K.R,
Out Of Focus
Just as the American people have been
warned against talking themselves into a
depression, a similar bit of advice might be
in order to the harbingers of doom on our
own campus who forsee the collapse of the
Greek system because of the current contro
versy over racial and religious segregation
clauses.
Let it be known that The Nebraskan has
not and is not now advocating the violent
(or even evolutionary) overthrow of the
Greek system.
The notion that discussion of discriminatory
clauses will naturally lead to the demise of
Greekdom is without solid foundation. It
may be added that, on the contrary, intelli
gent discussion of this problem (and it is a
recognized problem since the Council is con
sidering it), will provide a bid for a new and
cleaner existence.
No -one seriously urges that social organi
zations give up the right to select its own
members. Once again, if anything, the oppo
site is true. Abolition of discriminatory
clauses will give more freedom in selection
of members, and, at the - same time, not
impair the right to choose members on what
.ever base the organization desires.
The social conscience of private organiza
tions, however, is an area which cannot be
dictated to. Any legislation or ruling will .
not necessarily change such a collective view
point. But, if fraternities and sororities continue
to speak in terms of a danger to the system,
then awareness of a problem is acknowledged
and such a danger does in fact exist. As
with nations, frequently the greatest danger
is from within.
There is no reason that this problem be
emotionally magnified to the extent it gets
out of focus. E.D.
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Manchester Guardian
Ike Should Exert Strong
Presidential Leadership
(The following article Is re
printed from the Manchester
Guardian, liberal British news
paper. President Eisenhower, even if
he lacked political experience a
year ago, never under-estimated
the importance of Congress. He
received from his predecessors a
legacy of bad relations with the
legislature, which had been
dragooned by Roosevelt and
damned by Truman (and had
done a fair measure of damning
in return). He was acutely an
xious to try from his side to heal
the breach. .
But he must by now have real
ized that if the United States Is
to be governed effectively there
has to be strong leadership, and
at present that leadership can
come only from the President. . .
In the past few days he has
taken the unusual step perhaps
unprecedented of calling a con
ference of his party's leaders in
Congress to discuss next year's
program. He has, it seems,
sought to assert the necessary
leadership and to secure active
support in Congress.
President Eisenhower's experi
ment, if by any chance it should
succeed, could be a great bles
sing. Professor George Graham
in his study published last year
of the declining morality o f
American politics, found one sig
nificant cause in the negative
character of the work of Con
gress. It is not, indeed, a far cry
from the chronic sense of frus
tration in Congress to the antics
of McCarthy and behavior bor
dering on corruption on the part
of one or two of his colleagues.
Whether, however, President
Eisenhower will succeed in asso
ciating the congressional leaders
with the planning of policy re
mains to be seen. Senator Know
land has said that the confer
ence agreed substantially o n
foreign policy but could not
agree on a firm program on the
domestic front. President Eisen
hower's experiment, neverthe
less, may only be at its begin
ning. a
The President has committed
himself to the brave view that
the Republican Administration
and the Republicans in Congress
should stand or fall by the rec
ord of their own action. He has
shown little sympathy for cam
paigning nest year on "Commu
nists" in government. It is a
turn toward temperate good
sense.
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If it instills some unity and
responsibility among Republi
cans it will be a very good thing.
If it leads only to obstruction of
the Administration's program
and failure in Congress, it will
be a bad thing. But at least the
outline of a program is being
shaped and some force is being
imparted to it from the White
House.
QhkkkA.
Old Lady: Little boy, why are
you dragging your sister around
the street like that?
Boy: It's O.K. lady, she's
dead.
"Do you know what good clean
fun is?''
"No, what good is it?"
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-Who's there?" asked St. Peter.
"It is I," came the reply.
"Go to hell," he answered.
"We already have too many
English majors."
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Mother (putting Junior to
bed):
"Shhh the sandman is com
ing." Jr: "Fifty cents and I won't
tell Daddy."
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"I didn't raise my daughter to
be fiddled with," said the cat as
she rescued her offspring from
the violin factory.
Slide
Rule
1 Is Calculus Misused
J In NU Curriculum?
Will an engineering, student
ever use what he learns in Calc.
106 or 107? This is a question
that has occupied the minds of
many engineers while at the un
dergraduate level. Many of the
engineering students that I have
talked to seem to have little or
no use for the calculus, and
others that do want to use it say
that the courses subsequent to
calculus are not set up to use
calculus effectively as a tool.
The question of the place of
calculus in the engineering cur
riculum has been tossed about
for quite some time, but no one
has come up with a reasonable
explanation. I think that there is
probably a good reason for re
quiring the calculus in the en
gineering curriculum, but the
reason is not clear to the major
ity of us.
I definitely think that the en
gineering staff at the University
could be closer to the student
body, and be able to sense the
lack of these explanations.
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I am presently aware that the
calculus is a pre-requisite for
courses in which it is not even
mentioned, or has not been used
up until now. It, is also quite evi
dent that several courses could
be a good deal more effective in
presenting a general solution to
problems if the calculus were
used.
Calculus is a tool, not a sci
ence, and if the tool is Dot used
in other courses, why are the
engineering students required to
have a good working knowledge
of It? -
I must admit . that one must
have an understanding of the
theory of calculus in order to
comprehend some courses, but
few if any of the engineering
texts require the student to use
the calculus constructively.
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Calculus can be used more
than it is, even if the texts don't
happen to have problems in which
it is required. Calculus can be
used to emphasize the general
solution to a host of problems,
and we all know that the gen
eral solution is far more signifi
cant that the specific solution.
Certainly the calculus is not
given in order to broaden the
student's education. There can
be nothing .uite as technical as
the theory and application of the
calculus.
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I am inclined to believe that
accrediting standards require
that the calculus be 'included' in
the curriculum. In other words,
some sort of engineering college
accrediting association has no
doubt deemed the inclusion of
the calculus in the engineering
curriculum as an indication of
the level of engineering stand
ards at an institution. A college
may include calculus, but it re
mains to be applied in engineer
ing solutions.
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Perhaps we could have more
of an application of the calculus
in engineering courses. Or, what
might seem better, perhaps we
could become only familiar
enough with calculus in order to
understand the derivations in the
texts.-J. A. MARKS.
University
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p.m.. Union music room.
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"Hasty Heart" tryouta, 7-10
p.m., Temple Building, Ttoom
391.
Pershing Rifles inter-company
drill, 5 p.m., Military and Naval
Science Building.
AIEE dinner, demonstration
by Forrest F. Francisco, 6:30
p.m., Union.
Lecture, "Atlantic Europe and
the Ancient Orient," 8 p.m., Au
ditorium, Love Library.
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meeting, 7:30 p.m., Ag Union.
Union Seminar, 4 p.m., Fac
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Ag Exec Board meeting, 8
p.m., Ag Union.
NU-Med meeting, 7:30 p.m.
Love Library Auditorium.
Hey, Already
The Student Speaking
The Black
By JEHRY SHARPNACK
Synopsis: Last week the happy
embalmers at Beckerman's Mor
tuary had Just brought in the
body of Mr. Sablnl, strange person.
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"Well, well, well," said some
one, "what have we here?" Obese
Mr. Beckerman waddled through
the doorway and smiled approv
ingly at the immobila and quick
ly paling form on the prepara
tion table. Now. do not be too
quick to think that Mr. Backer
man was mercenary, but he did
have a certain passion for the
tinkle of gold and Mr. did look
dignified. And as far as R. J.
Beckerman was concerned, dig
nity meant caskets in the upper
dollar bracket.
"Be careful with that man,
Mack," said R. J., chuckling.
"Looks like a $1,200 case. Heh,
heh, heh!" He gave them all a
knowing grin and left. It made
him sick to watch Mack embalm.
Mack had worked in a meat mar
ket before coming to Becker
man's and this fact was a stand
ing joke around the mortuary.
"The jolly butcher," they called
him.
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Clancy was suddenly seized
with a fit of laughing. "My gawd,
Mack, you'd think you was stuf
fin' a chicken or somethin'. Let
me show you how it should be
done."
Mack playfully jabbed his
scalpel into Clancy's finger when
he tried to intervene and every
one had a good laugh and Clan
cy's blood mingled with Mr.
Sabini's in the sink.
"Sabini ought to rise from the
dead and haunt you all your
life the way you're treating that
body," laughed Clancy.
"He ought to come back and
haunt ye all everyone of ye."
It was the voice of the clean-up
lady, now. "You'll all rue the day
for your unholy jabberin' when
you're a-workin in there; a
thousand curses on ye, sinners!"
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She left as quickly as she had
come, but more threatening mut
terings could be heard for sev
eral minutes as she pushed a
mop along the hallway floor.
"Superstitions old bat,"
growled Fletcher. "I'm sure Sa
bini doesn't know the differ
ence. And who else knows how
we act in the embalming room?"
At this, Horrible crouched low,
pulled his his hair down over
his beady eyes and low fore
head, and cackled, "The Shadow
knows."
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The next day, Mr. Sabini was
dressed in the tuxedo that was
brought to the mortuary by the
man who looked like Dracula.
The man had said there would
be no flowers for the service and
then suddenly pulled from a fat
wallet $2,350 in cash and paid
for the funeral. Mr. Beckerman
Dahlia
was dumbfounded. It was ths
Iirsi lime auywio nau ver paid
so quickly or so much and his
round belly jiggled in sup.
pressed glee. He thanked the man
five times,
Mr, Sabini looked quite natural
in the tuxedo, and Mack sug
gested that maybe the embalmers
should have been in formal at
tire the night before while pre
paring the body.
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That afternoon the funeral was
held. Five men also dressed in
tuxedos attended th service. A
sixth, not a minister, gave
short address, but Horrible,
though listening closely at the
doorway, could not understand a
word that was said.
The gentlemen left the serv.
ice, saying they did not wish tvk
form a procession to the ceme-yl
tery,
"Well, our ghoulish friends
have, left ys and without on
word of commendation on the ap.
pearance of their pal with tha
pointed ears," said Mack.
"Let us pack him in the 'Dah.
lia' and be off," suggested Clancy,
adjusting the red-and-yellow tie
dangling a full foot and a half
below its Windsor knot. It was
held in place by a sterling-silver
tie clasp in the shape of a shovel,
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But his plan was overruled by
Fletcher who wanted coffee. So
Mack, Clancy, and Fletcher went
next-door to the Blue Moon Cafe
for coffee, leaving Horrible alone
in the chapel with the closed
casket of Mr. Sabini. (Horrible
never drank coffee because he
thought it was bad for his com
plexion.) He started to leave the
chapel, but turned for one last
look at the casket. It was long
and black with silver handles at
the sides. It looked very heavy,
but very impressive and very
beautiful. Horrible walked up to
it slowly, admiringly, drinking
in the beauty of $2,000 worth of
solid steel as only one in such
a profession could.
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He could not resist the tempta
tion of taking one last look alf
the strange Mr. Sabini.
He unhooked the catch on the
heavy lid. It yielded slowly to
Horrible's attempts to push it
open, but, finally, it fell back Into
position with an echoing clang.
Powder-blue silk and lace
lined the interior of the entire
casket. The pillow was quilted
pale-yellow silk; but Horrible's
eyes were not, for the moment,
attracted to beauty, for resting on
that pillow was a large flower
a dahlia, stained black.
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It, alone, stood between Hor
rible and the quilted silk.
Mr. Sabini was gone. (Gad
zooks!) The End.
(I dare anyone to find any
symbolism in thl story.)
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